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Food S ood Securi rity in Br Bruce G e Grey

 Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force Who are we?  Food Security Action Group  Canadian Mental Health Food Security  Grey Bruce Health Unit Association  Golden Town Outreach Action Group  Salvation Army  M’Wikwedong  OMAF  Good Food Box  The Meeting Place  OSHARE Tobermory  Grey County  OSNP Grey Bruce  Bruce County  Community members  South East Grey Community Health Centre

What is Food Security?  The state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, Defining the appropriate, nutritious food. Issue What is Food Insecurity?  the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints

Community Food Security

From the Community Foundation Grey Bruce 2016 Vital Signs report:  7% of residents sometimes or often ran out of food they could afford to buy more.  26,000 individuals accessed food banks in 2015 Some Vital Signs  42% eat fruits or vegetables 5 or more times/day in Bruce Grey  1300 benefited from Utility Assistance programs in 2015/16.  17% of Grey Bruce children under the age of 17 are living in poverty.

GIS Food Assets Map Grey Bruce Food Assets Map

Why is a Food Charter needed?  “Food Charters provide a foundation that promotes health and food security in a community and is a starting point to strengthen a local food system.”  HKCC Policy Recommendations  Increase understanding of food system  Fills gap in food systems planning  A conversation starter

Values in the Bruce Grey Food Charter  Health  Social Justice  Culture  Education  Sustainable Economic Development  Environment

How we’ve used the Charter:  Food Bank Summit  South East Grey Food Security Conversation  Gleaning  Food Asset Map Using the Charter How you can use the Charter:  Set priorities or goals  Acknowledge the value of current practices  Connect with new partners

 Step 1: Read the Charter  Step 2: Talk about it  Step 3: Join BG Food Security Asset Map  Step 4: Endorse it

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BRUCE GREY FOOD CHARTER A guiding document to assist in the development of policies and pro- grams to promote a healthy and just food system in Grey and Bruce Counties. The Charter acknowl- edges the right for all to food.

THE CHARTER In acknowledgement of the basic right to food, the Charter is a commitment to work together to build a vibrant, sustainable, food secure community. Based on community participation, a sustainable local food system will prioritize health, social justice, education, economic development, the environment, and culture.

Public policy that recognizes food‘s contribution to physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being Making food readily accessible for our rural and urban BECAUSE WE VALUE residents, including adequate transportation links, neighbourhoods that encourage walkable and HEALTH bikeable access to healthy food Strategies to prevent and manage chronic diseases WE SUPPORT through access to affordable, healthy, safe, adequate, and culturally appropriate food Baby friendly policies that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding through informed decision making Making sure everyone has access to healthy food A fair wage for the production of food, and a safe BECAUSE WE VALUE and respectful environment for all farmers and food workers SOCIAL JUSTICE Allowing land access for people interested in growing WE SUPPORT and/or processing food Income, education, employment, housing, and transportation policies and practices that support access to healthy, sustainable food

Celebrating and promoting respect for and inclusion of traditional, cultural, and spriritual food diversity Enhancing the dignity and joy of growing, preparing, BECAUSE WE VALUE and eating food CULTURE Strengthening links between rural and urban communities WE SUPPORT Opportunities for all community members to be included and to make connections through the experi- ence and sharing food. Food literacy and skill building initiatives that engage youth and students integrated in school curricula Programs that train current and future farmers, home gardeners, food producers, and others involved in the food value chain BECAUSE WE VALUE Integrating food literacy, community gardening and EDUCATION seed saving into communities WE SUPPORT Developing community gardens at schools and other public settings Public education about the connections between our health, the environment, and our food choices Public awareness of the role of agriculture in our lives

Increasing the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of foods from Grey and Bruce Promoting our region as a food, agricultural, and culinary destination BECAUSE WE VALUE Food and agricultural research that is innovative, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC sustainable, and includes alternative food systems DEVELOPMENT Services and infrastructure that support local farms WE SUPPORT and the development of local food related programs and businesses Practices that recognize the detrimental impact of food transportation and strive to minimize environmental burden Farming practices, protect, and enhance watersheds, wildlife habitat, soil and bio-diversity BECAUSE WE VALUE Food production methods that sustain the natural ENVIRONMENT environment in rural and urban settings WE SUPPORT Sustainable development of agriculture, water, land use policies and practices that support the production of healthy food

OUR VISION REDUCE AND ELIMINATE POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY OUR PURPOSE FACILITATE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVOCATE FOR POVERTY REDUCTON AND ELIMINATION JOIN THE BRUCE GREY POVERTY TASK FORCE The Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force focuses on building partnerships with key community stakeholders and networks; working together to eliminate poverty, enhancing our common understanding of poverty issues through solution-based research, knowledge development, and information sharing. CONNECT Jill Umbach United Way of Bruce Grey Planning Network Coordinator 380 9th Street East, Owen Sound Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force N4K 1P1 519-377-9406 jill.umbach@gmail.com

STEP ONE Read the Charter Bruce Grey Food Charter This Food Charter represents the collective vision of residents in Grey County and Bruce County for a just and sustainable local food system. The Charter is a commitment to work together to build a vibrant, sustainable, food secure community. Find the Charter at: www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca or www.povertytaskforce.com STEP TWO Talk about it STEP THREE Join BG Food Asset Map STEP FOUR Endorse it Contact us! Food Security Action Group, jill.umbach@gmail.com 519-377-9406